January is often the time when we all look to the fresh new year and dream about conquering new goals and racing and training targets. Sadly, this burst of ‘new year, new me’ motivation and excitement isn’t always enough to sustain things for long enough to actually achieve these goals. Looking from the starting point […] The post How to Break Down Your Training Goals appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

As we hurtle into the holiday period, many endurance athletes are looking forward to upping their training game with the additional available free time. Training for endurance sports like triathlon, cycling and long distance running is very demanding on our free time and most of us make do with what we have outside of family, […] The post Optimise Your Holiday Training appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

Ironman South Africa turns Twenty in 2025 and the organisers look like they are planning to make this year’s event a special one. I am sure that we can expect a very nice medal at the end of the red carpet. To follow is a twelve week schedule that will have us ready to do […] The post Ironman South Africa 2025 Training Plan appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

My origins in running, like most who started in their early teens in the 80s, were at school on the track and cross-country. Both were actually very similar. The track races were on a standard, lime-marked, 400m grass track and the cross-country was on 2km circuits marked with chevron bunting on, you guessed it, a […] The post From Road to Trail: A Runner’s Transition appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

Power Meters on bicycles first appeared in the 1990s but the technology only really became accessible to serious recreational cyclists around twenty years later. Now, when cyclists compare performance they very rarely quote heart rate. It has become all about a rider’s ‘power profile’. Their sustainable power across different time frames from one minute to […] The post Has Power Killed Heart Rate in Cycling? appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

I must admit that I was both excited and confused when I was first told about Hyrox. Confused because, with limited knowledge, I wasn’t sure if this was an endurance event or a functional fitness / strength focused competition. Excited because well, I come from a multi-disciplinary sports background centred around triathlon and any new […] The post Hyrox: A New Kind of Fitness Challenge for Endurance Athletes appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

Learn how switching to shorter cranks boosts cycling performance with improved aerodynamics, higher cadence, better cornering, and increased power efficiency, making it a game-changer for both road and time trial cyclists. The post Why Cyclists Are Switching to Shorter Cranks for Efficiency appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

With Summer just around the corner, triathletes and open water swimmers are breaking out of their hibernation and heading to the pools. We are looking ahead to events and planning our season and the training that will achieve our goals. The technical nature of swimming makes it a little more complex than just simply working […] The post 5 Commandments for a Successful Swimming Season appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

Spring is starting to spring and cyclists are beginning to look forward to the new season of racing. The first big, ‘National Classic Race’ is the 947 Ride Joburg in November. Always a highlight, over a nicely balanced route. Fast and flowing on the freeways in the first half and returning to the finish via […] The post 947 Ride Joburg: Indoor Cycling Training Tips appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more

Finding time in our busy lives to get in enough running to achieve our personal goals is tough enough without being constantly bombarded by posts and articles instructing us to add in strength work, or core stability or to improve our joint mobility or, ‘all of the above’. If we did all the supplementary workouts […] The post The Benefits of Skipping for Runners appeared first on REBEL Store ..read more